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Annual Research Plans

2 items

Last updated: 22.04.2026

Annual Research Plan 2026-2027

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 497 KB

Annual Research Plan Equipment List 2026-2027

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 1 MB

Byelaws

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Last updated: 26.04.2026

Dredging Byelaw

26.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 61 KB

Trawling byelaw

26.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 262 KB

Fixed Engines Byelaw

26.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 76 KB

Seagrass Protection Byelaw

26.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 94 KB

Marking of Fishing Gear and Keep Boxes Byelaw

26.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 91 KB

Mobile Fishing Gear Byelaw

26.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 230 KB

Crustacea and Mollusc Permitting and Pot Limitation Byelaw

26.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 147 KB

Minimum Sizes Byelaw

26.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 822 KB

Crustacea Byelaw

26.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 78 KB

Citizen Science

2 items

Last updated: 21.04.2026

Bass Scale Project

21.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing Online Flipbook

Bass Scale Project

Species Challenge Competition

21.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 4 MB

Code of Conduct

2 items

Last updated: 24.04.2026

Bait Collection Code of Conduct

24.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 346 KB

Periwinkle Gathering Code of Conduct

24.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 264 KB

Environmental Reports

20 items

Last updated: 22.04.2026

Escape Gap Project 2016-2017

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 658 KB

Management of Inshore Marine Protected Areas by the IFCAs 2011-2018

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 7 MB

Stock status assessment for the brown crab fishery 2019

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 1 MB

Description of Periwinkle Fishery

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 915 KB

Periwinkle Ecology and Size of Maturity Study

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 421 KB

Periwinkle Surveys 2020-2021

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 508 KB

Periwinkle Surveys 2022

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 471 KB

Lugworm Density Surveys 2022-2023

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 274 KB

Aln Estuary Fish Survey Report 2015-2023

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 898 KB

Fisher-led perspectives on crab and lobster management

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 1 MB

Blyth Mussel Bed Report 2024

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 1 MB

Lindisfarne Mussel Bed Report 2024

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 1 MB

Crab Size at Maturity Report 2023

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 7 MB

Lobster Fishery Status Report 2025

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 584 KB

Crab Fishery Status Report 2025

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 573 KB

V-Notching Report 2025

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 933 KB

Blyth Mussel Bed Report 2025

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 1 MB

Lindisfarne Mussel Bed Report 2025

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 3 MB

Nephrops Burrow Count Survey 2025

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 2 MB

Aln Estuary Fish Survey Report 2015-2025

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 983 KB

Fishers Guidance

2 items

Last updated: 23.04.2026

Information for Fishers

23.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 181 KB

Angling Strategy

23.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 2 MB

General Committee Meetings

20 items

Last updated: 22.04.2026

January 2021

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 42 KB

April 2021

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 158 KB

July 2021

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 170 KB

October 2021

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January 2022

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 150 KB

April 2022

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 190 KB

July 2022

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 202 KB

October 2022

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January 2023

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 260 KB

April 2023

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July 2023

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 225 KB

October 2023

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January 2024

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 144 KB

April 2024

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 121 KB

July 2024

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 187 KB

October 2024

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January 2025

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April 2025

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 182 KB

July 2025

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October 2025

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 225 KB

Governance Policies

15 items

Last updated: 22.04.2026

Complaints Procedure

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 131 KB

The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 111 KB

Financial Administrative Penalties (FAP)

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 9 MB

Staff Management System

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 88 KB

Inspection & Seizure of Gear Policy

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 138 KB

Officer Code of Conduct

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 834 KB

Members Code of Conduct

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 105 KB

Subject Access Request Form

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 155 KB

Privacy Notice

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 86 KB

Security Incident and Data Breach Policy

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 167 KB

Data Protection Policy

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 168 KB

NIFCA Constitution

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 122 KB

Compliance & Enforcement Strategy

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 182 KB

Standing Orders

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 87 KB

Annual Report 2020-2021

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 2 MB

Governance Reports

9 items

Last updated: 23.04.2026

Annual Plan 2022-2023

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 4 MB

Annual Report 2021-2022

23.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 3 MB

Annual Plan 2023-2024

23.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 5 MB

Annual Report 2022-2023

23.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 2 MB

Annual Plan 2024-2025

23.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 5 MB

Annual Plan 2025-2026

23.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing Online Flipbook

Annual Plan 2025-2026

Joint Work Arrangement (JWA) 2025

23.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 4 MB

Risk Assessment Matrix

23.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 338 KB

Annual Report 2024-2025

23.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing Online Flipbook

Annual Report 2024-2025

Impact Assessments

4 items

Last updated: 21.04.2026

Trawling Impact Assessment

21.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 940 KB

Dredging Impact Assessment

21.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 375 KB

Crustacea and Mollusc Permitting and Pot Limitation Impact Assessment

21.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 241 KB

Minimum Sizes Impact Assessment

21.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 368 KB

Newsletters

9 items

Last updated: 22.04.2026

December 2021

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 3 MB

10 Year Anniversary June 2021

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 5 MB

May 2022

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 1 MB

November 2022

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 2 MB

June 2023

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 1 MB

Spring 2024

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 4 MB

Autumn 2024

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 2 MB

Autumn 2024 Newsletter (Flipbook)

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing Online Flipbook

Autumn 2024 Newsletter (Flipbook)

Winter 2025

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing Online Flipbook

Winter 2025 Newsletter

Notice to Mariners

22 items

Last updated: 23.02.2026

Notice to Mariners Update – OREC National Offshore Anemometry Hub (NOAH) Met Mast

23.02.2026 Team Valley Group pdf 533 KB

OREC National Offshore Anemometry Hub (NOAH) Met Mast

20.02.2026 Team Valley Group pdf 406 KB

LiDAR Buoy – ORE Catapult Metmast

17.02.2026 Team Valley Group pdf 575 KB

Scheduled Services, Newbiggin

12.01.2026 Team Valley Group pdf 318 KB

Newbiggin Wave Monitoring Buoy

5.12.2025 Team Valley Group pdf 318 KB

LiDAR Buoy – ORE Catapult Metmast

7.11.2025 Team Valley Group pdf 493 KB

Blyth to Farne Islands

3.11.2025 Team Valley Group pdf 1 MB

Middlesbrough to Blyth Area

3.11.2025 Team Valley Group

Hydrographic Survey Middlesbrough to Blyth area

16.10.2025 Team Valley Group

Blyth – Farne Islands – Hydrographic Survey

29.09.2025 Team Valley Group pdf 927 KB

Hydrographic Survey Blythe to Farne Islands area

2.09.2025 Team Valley Group pdf 969 KB

IWES Wind Lidar Buoy at NOAH Metmast (Off Blyth)

22.08.2025 Team Valley Group pdf 526 KB

Notice of Marine Operations: Update – Newbiggin

13.06.2025 Team Valley Group pdf 321 KB

Notice of Marine Operations: Update – Newbiggin

6.06.2025 Team Valley Group pdf 322 KB

Notice of Marine Operations – Newbiggin Wave Buoy

10.12.2024 Team Valley Group pdf 320 KB

Notice to Mariners NSL North Sea Link Geophysical Survey

30.08.2024 Team Valley Group pdf 929 KB

Notice to Mariners – Blyth Met Mast LiDAR Buoy Validation

17.05.2024 Team Valley Group pdf 306 KB

Notice to Mariners Blyth Met Mast LiDAR Buoy Validation

17.05.2024 Team Valley Group pdf 371 KB

Newbiggin Wave Monitoring Buoy

9.04.2024 Team Valley Group pdf 322 KB

XOCEAN USV Operations Amble & Blyth

9.08.2022 Team Valley Group pdf 272 KB

NO-UK Telecommunications Cable – shallow burial and surface lay

26.07.2022 Team Valley Group pdf 886 KB

Blyth NOAH offshore Met Mast validation site

1.07.2022 Team Valley Group pdf 674 KB

Public Guidance

2 items

Last updated: 22.04.2026

Reporting dead or stranded marine mammals

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 3 MB

Reporting dead or stranded birds

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 86 KB

Student Reports

11 items

Last updated: 22.04.2026

Dredging up the Past – James Duffy

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 748 KB

Dredging up the Past – Imogen Dent

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 1 MB

An investigation into the drivers of Mytilus edulis decline within Northumberland Marine Special Protection Area

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 1 MB

An evaluation of the minimum landing size and the pot limitation byelaw in the Northumberland lobster fishery

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 807 KB

Decision to fish: Fishers’ behaviour within the Northumberland inshore pot fishery

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 937 KB

Sustainable Fishing Plan: Farne Deeps Nephrops Fishery

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 1 MB

Observed Changes to the Northumberland Fishing Industry over the Past 25 Years

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 852 KB

Lobsters on the ground: improving understanding of shellfish populations on the Northumberland coast

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 1 MB

Pot Luck: The impact of fisher’s choices and lobster pot size on fishing effort within the Northumberland fishing district

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 1 MB

Recent trends in the Northumberland brown crab fishery

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 798 KB

Lobster, fishing effort and habitat interactions in the Northumberland Lobster Fishery

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 529 KB

Technical & Scientific Meetings

4 items

Last updated: 22.04.2026

Extraordinary Sub-Committee Meeting Oct 2025

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 95 KB

Sub-Committee Meeting Oct 2025

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 101 KB

Sub-Committee Meeting June 2025

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 84 KB

Sub-Committee Meeting March 2025

22.04.2026 teamvalleymarketing pdf 108 KB